Fernando Mendoza's Aunt Goes Viral During Indiana's Peach Bowl Win

Fernando Mendoza wasn't the only member of his family who starred during Friday night's Peach Bowl.

While the Indiana QB led the Hoosiers to a 56-22 beat down of Oregon in the Peach Bowl and threw 5 TDs to just 3 incompletions, his aunt went viral in the stands.

As they are known to do, ESPN's cameramen kept coming back to find the sister of Fernando's mom sitting next to Elsa Mendoza while the Hoosiers cruised to victory.

The cameraman loves Fernando Mendoza’s aunt 🤣 pic.twitter.com/YMBEyiP7Oj

— Hater Report (@HaterReport_) January 10, 2026

Mendoza's aunt gave fans a reason to keep watching the Peach Bowl in the 2nd half as the Hoosiers destroyed the Ducks.

he is not the only one

— Marco Dewey (@marco_dewey) January 10, 2026

His aunt looks like she’s only in her late 20’s

— Michigander (@Michigander1426) January 10, 2026

cameraman knew what he was doing fr pic.twitter.com/yEHJDy8TZg

— NukeEm Props (@NukeEmProps) January 10, 2026

Brent musburger would have had a field day

— Blasky (@_Blasky) January 10, 2026

You can expect to see a lot more of Mendoza's aunt on January 19th during the national title game in Mendoza's hometown of Miami.